[AISWorld] CFP: Mini-Track "Social Analytics and Economics of Social Media" at AMCIS 2013

[Mathias Klier]

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CALL FOR PAPERS
19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2013) 
Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 15-17, 2013 (http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/)
Track: Virtual Communities and Virtual Worlds
Mini-Track: Social Analytics and Economics of Social Media
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Deadline for Paper Submissions: February 22, 2013 (11:59 PM Central Time)
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Mini-Track Description:
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With the rise of Social Media, individuals nowadays vividly exchange their
experiences and opinions with previously unknown intensity, reach, and speed
among each other. Thus, Social Media platforms and technologies for social
networking (e.g., Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn), for knowledge and multimedia
sharing (e.g., Flickr, Wikipedia, YouTube), or for awareness creation (e.g.,
Foursquare, Twitter) are changing not only our personal but also organizational
behavior. Thus revolutionizing communication, collaboration, and consumption
patterns within, across, and beyond organizational boundaries, Social Media
bears numerous challenges but also previously unimagined opportunities.

Particularly the availability of rich datasets allows to gain valuable
insights for research and practice. For example, individuals and organizations
face unique opportunities to enrich their understanding about the influence and
the diffusion of information and sentiment in and beyond Social Media (e.g.,
via listening tools, trend identification). This might lead to a better
understanding of viral effects that enable new opportunities for word-of-mouth
marketing, product development, and market intelligence. However, Social Media
comes also with risks, such as the rapid diffusion of negative sentiment. Taken
together, Social Analytics should provide deeper insights regarding social
structures, communication patterns, and individuals’ behavior, which in turn
help to learn more about the potential economic value of Social Media. 

This mini-track seeks rigorous and relevant submissions in the context of
Social Analytics and Economics of Social Media providing new insights on both
challenges and opportunities of Social Media for organizations (e.g., regarding
advertisement, business models, user churn, market research, crowdsourcing,
business value) and society in a broader sense (e.g., regarding information
overload, viral diffusion, public sentiment, data privacy). Thereby, we
encourage all perspectives of analyses (e.g., strategic, organizational,
behavioral, economic, and technical). We welcome all methodological approaches,
including, but not limited to, theoretical, analytical, design-oriented, and
empirical research. Real world applications in respect to particular industries
such as retail and e-commerce are also explicitly welcomed and encouraged.

Suggested Topics:
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Evolution of communication and behavior patterns in Social Media
* Application of social network analysis and mining
* Diffusion of information in and beyond Social Media 
* Text Mining in Social Media (e.g., sentiment analysis, Social Media
monitoring, trend identification)
* Social Media and prediction (e.g., stock market prediction)
* Business value of Social Media for organizations
* The impact of Social Media in specific industries
* Implications and potential of Social Media for marketing
* Social Media and Customer Relationship Management (e.g., customer
acquisition)
* Social Media and consumer behavior (e.g., social commerce)
* Social Media and recommendation systems
* Social Media and information search
* The use of Social Media in crowdsourcing
* Business models for Social Media providers
* The rise and fall of specific Social Media platforms (e.g., success factors,
churn prevention)
* Migration between Social Media platforms over time
* The interplay between online and offline social networks

Important Dates:
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* February 22, 2013 (11:59 PM Central Time): Deadline for paper submissions
* April 19, 2013: Notification of acceptance
* May 9, 2013: Final copy due
* August 15-17, 2013: AMCIS Conference

Mini-Track Chairs:
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Balaji Rajagopalan
School of Business Administration
Oakland University
Rochester, MI, USA
rajagopa at oakland.edu 

Mathias Klier (primary contact)
Faculty of Business, Economics and Management Information Systems,
University of Regensburg,
Regensburg, Germany
mathias.klier at wiwi.uni-regensburg.de 

Florian Probst
FIM Research Center Finance & Information Management
University of Augsburg
Augsburg, Germany
florian.probst at wiwi.uni-augsburg.de 

Best regards,

Mathias Klier

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Prof. Dr. Mathias Klier
 
Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik
Universität Regensburg
 
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Email: Mathias.Klier at wiwi.uni-regensburg.de 
 
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